STAND. COM. REP. NO.  429

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

 

RE:   H.B. No. 364

      H.D. 2

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Transportation, to which was referred H.B. No. 364, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to facilitate a more proper use of taxpayer money by changing the State's automatic deduction of ten percent of the gross proceeds of a county's surcharge on state tax to a deduction of a reasonable amount to reimburse the state for costs associated with handling the assessments, collection, and disposition of the county surcharge on state tax.

 

     The City and County of Honolulu supported this measure.  A concerned individual supported the intent of this measure.  The Department of Taxation provided comments.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

(1)  Deleting the term "a reasonable amount" and leaving blank the amount of the State's automatic deduction of the gross proceeds of a county's surcharge on state tax;

 

(2)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to promote further discussion; and

 

(3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for style, clarity, and consistency.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Transportation that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 364, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 364, H.D. 2, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Transportation,

 

 

 

 

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RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair